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Article #502Re: Dinosaurs killed by DAIDS?
From: acphssrw
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1987 18:00
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1987 18:00
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In article <1057@mipos3.intel.com> ekwok@cadev4.UUCP (Edward C. Kwok) writes: >Does anyone know of any theory being proposed that blamed a virus for >[the dinosaurs'] extinction? The difficulty with the Cretaceous extinctions has always been explaining the demise of half the species on the Earth at the time, including plants, phytoplankton, fishes, etc. etc. Getting rid of just the dinosaurs is (relatively) easy. The impact theory has the merit of explaining all of these extinctions with a single event we know for a fact can happen. I think we know for a fact it did happen; Luis Alvarez has an article on the current status of the impact theory in the July _Physics Today_. Must reading, and accessible to lay persons. Steve Walton, Cal State Northridge
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!emcard!fedeva!csun!acphssrw From: acphssrw@csun.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.misc Subject: Re: Dinosaurs killed by DAIDS? Message-ID: <765@csun.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Sep-87 14:00:55 EDT Article-I.D.: csun.765 Posted: Thu Sep 24 14:00:55 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 27-Sep-87 21:49:22 EDT References: <1057@mipos3.intel.com> Reply-To: acphssrw@csun.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Distribution: na Organization: California State University, Northridge Lines: 13